Overview :Many writers in antebellum America sought to reinvent the Bible, but no one, Ilana Pardes argues, was as insistent as Melville on redefining... Read More
Overview :A wide-ranging exploration of the story of Ruth, a foreigner who became the founding mother of the Davidic dynasty The biblical Ruth has in... Read More
Overview :The Book of Job has held a central role in defining the project of modernity from the age of Enlightenment until today. The Book of Job: Aes... Read More
Overview :In this eye-opening book, llana Pardes explores the tense dialogue between dominant patriarchal discourses of the Bible and counter female v... Read More
Overview :Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers explores the response of Israel's Nobel laureate S. Y. Agnon to the privileged position of the Song of Songs in Is... Read More
Overview :The nation--particularly in Exodus and Numbers--is not an abstract concept but rather a grand character whose history is fleshed out with re... Read More
Overview :An essential history of the greatest love poem ever writtenThe Song of Songs has been embraced for centuries as the ultimate song of love. B... Read More